[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35314-35315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13903]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    On June 6, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
settlement entitled ``Interim Past Costs Consent Decree'' (the 
``Consent Decree'') with the United States District Court for the 
District of Montana in the case of United States v. Atlantic Richfield 
Company et al., Civil Action No. CV-89-39-BU-SEH. The Consent Decree 
settles the United States' claim for certain response costs incurred 
under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), in connection with 
the environmental remediation of the Anaconda Smelter NPL Superfund 
Site and the Warm Springs Ponds Operable Units (the ``Sites''), near

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Anaconda, Montana. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Atlantic 
Richfield Company will pay the United States $21,030,000 for EPA's 
costs incurred in responding to releases and threatened releases of 
hazardous substances at the Sites from August 1, 2002 through December 
31, 2010, and for the costs of Department of Justice enforcement 
efforts paid in connection with the Sites and other Superfund sites 
within Montana's Clark Fork River Basin from April 29, 2007 through 
December 31, 2010.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-11-2-430. All comments must be submitted no later than 
thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments 
may be submitted either by email or by mail:

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         To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email............................  [email protected].
By mail.............................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                       DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                       Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.htm. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $6.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-13903 Filed 6-11-13; 8:45 am]
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